Sec. 3. Capital investments, grants, and technology support for MDIs and CDFIs
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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Emergency Capital Investment Fund $4,000,000,000. Section 104A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703a ) is amended— in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2); and in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2). Section 104A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may transfer amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund to the Fund for the purpose of providing financial and technical assistance grants to community development financial institutions certified by the Secretary. .
Section 104A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703a ), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall carry out a study on the technology challenges impacting minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions with respect to— internal technology capabilities and capacity of the institutions to process loan applications and otherwise serve current and potential customers through the internet, mobile phone applications, and other tools; technology capabilities and capacity of the institutions, provided in partnership with third-party companies, to process loan applications and otherwise serve current and potential customers through the internet, mobile phone applications, and other tools; cybersecurity; and challenges and solutions related to algorithmic bias in the deployment of technology.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that includes the results of the study required under subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall carry out a technology grant program to make grants to minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions to address technology challenges impacting such institutions.
To be eligible to be awarded a grant under this paragraph, a minority depository institution or community development financial institution shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. A minority depository institution or community development financial institution that is awarded a grant under this paragraph may use the grant funds to— enhance or adopt technologies that— shorten loan approval processes; improve customer experience; provide additional services to customers; facilitate compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and program requirements, including testing to ensure that the use of technology does not result in discrimination, and helping to satisfy data reporting requirements; and help ensure privacy of customer records and cybersecurity resilience; or carry out such other activities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
The Secretary may use amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund to make grants under paragraph (2), but not to exceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate. . Section 104A of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703a ), as amended by subsections
(c)and (d), is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Fund and the appropriate Federal banking agencies, shall establish a pilot program to provide competitive grants to a person for the purpose of providing capital for such person to establish a minority depository institution or a community development financial institution. A person desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. Before disbursing grant amounts to a person selected to receive a grant under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that such person has received approval from the appropriate Federal banking agency (or such other Federal or State agency from whom approval is required) to establish a minority depository institution or a community development financial institution, as applicable. The Secretary may use amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund to make grants under paragraph (2), but not to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate. . Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary shall issue guidance regarding how Emergency Capital Investment Program investments (whether made before or after the date of enactment of this Act) are considered for purposes of various prudential requirements, including debt to equity, leverage ratio, and double leverage ratio requirements with respect to subchapter S and mutual bank recipients of such investments.
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Capital investments, grants, and technology support for MDIs and CDFIs
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